Confirmed: Facebook Not in Search Talks With Yahoo

Just like we told you yesterday, Facebook and Yahoo are not currently in talks to form a search alliance or build a search engine together.

“People expect a better search experience on Facebook,” a Facebook spokesman told us in a statement. “We are working on improvements to better meet those expectations but are not in talks to enter into a new search partnership.”

The denial comes just one day after an erroneous report published in the Sunday Telegraph, where reporter Katherine Rushton cited anonymous sources saying Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg were in the midst of discussions to form a search partnership.

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